Saturday, November 19, 2011

They want their cake...

An Iowa baker who politely declined to provide a wedding cake for two lesbians based on her Christian values may face legal action from the couple.

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On Tuesday KCCI 8 Des Moines interviewed Trina Vodraska and Janelle Sievers, who said they were “shocked” when a local wedding cake business owner declined to provide the confection for their ceremony.

“It was degrading, you know, it was like she chastised us for wanting to do business with her,” said Vodraska.

Victoria Childress, who runs the business from her home, said she told the couple that she was unable to give them a cake based on her Christian convictions. Both she and the couple say the conversation was cordial.

“I didn’t do the cake because of my convictions for their lifestyle. It is my right as a business owner. It is my right, and it’s not to discriminate against them,” said Childress.

“It’s not so much to do with them, as it’s to do with me, and my walk with God and what I will answer (to) him for,” she added.

“They thanked me for being honest with them. They were very pleasant. I did not belittle them, I did not speak rudely to them. There were no condescending remarks made, nothing.”

The news station reports that the couple is unsure whether to file a civil rights complaint with the state. However, the couple has since reportedly released a statement calling Childress a “bigot,” and the baker says she has been deluged with hate mail that she has stopped reading.

“It’s really hard to read things like that,” she told FOX News. “I’m a pretty quiet, soft-spoken person. But when I stand up for my convictions against things, I’m very strong when it comes to that.”

You'll need to be strong Ms. Childress. You're about to suffer the wrath of those who don't want you simply to be tolerant. They want your affirmation. And they'll sue to get it.

This doesn't make any sense. Any business - non-government entity - as the right to do business with or not do business with whomever they choose. In my industry, there are times that someone literally meets state criteria for admission into an assisted living community, but they just wouldn't be a good fit for the community, particularly when it comes to our memory care unit. In such cases, it is perfectly within our right to say to the family that we just aren't going to be able to accommodate their loved one, and we are honest about why. And in such cases, we often refer to a place that would be a better fit for all concerned. I shudder to think what will happen if this suit is allowed to go forth.

The devil will use sin to destroy families and make others accept sin or the government who is immoral (abortion, homosexual agendas) will make you accept it. Show a lot like Sodom and Gomorrah - follow our ways of sin or we will make you do it. Why are we sitting back and allowing a perversion to take over us. I do not hate homosexuals but, I will not follow or agree with that lifestyle. Just like I would not make a person become Catholic why are we allowing sin to to control us. This Country was build on Christian values and it allows people be free and follow there way of life but, WE MUST CONTINUE OUR CHRISTIANS VALUES.

I admire the Christian baker for her stand on this. God Bless her! She needn't compromise her Christian beliefs to please a lesbian couple. It appears they are not content with getting married---they want to have anyone and everyone approve of their lifestyle. If it was just about getting married they would find another baker to do their cake. That's not it. Now they must punish the baker and have notoriety and revenge. I hope they change their mind. The homosexual agenda for many of these couples, demands Christians not only give them what they want but essentially bow down before them as if their needs override all else.